Don Shirley
Stories by Don Shirley
'Flora the Red Menace'
If the title weren’t taken, this likable little show might be called Commie Girl
A More Perfect Union
It’s no wonder that Barack Obama delivered his now-famous speech about race in America at Philadelphia’s Constitution Center
Not on the List
Make way, Coachella and Stagecoach. Look out, L.A. Times Festival of Books
'Saturday Night at the Palace'
Don’t be intimidated if you can’t decipher some of the Zulu, Afrikaans, or even the South African-accented English in Paul Slabolepszy’s apartheid-era drama
'The Night of the Iguana'
The last of Tennessee Williams’s great plays salutes the humanity of life’s also-rans, just as they’re running out of options in a seductive outpost on the Mexican Pacific coast
S.O.S.
The usual unfair rap on L.A. theater is that it’s a festival of showcases for people who want to be screen stars
'Fortinbras'
Lee Blessing’s jaunty sequel to Hamlet charts the reign of the titular Norwegian prince (Greg Baglia) who enters at Shakespeare’s final curtain
They're Acting!
Among L.A.’s zillion actors and wannabe actors, some can always be found on stage playing characters who are actors.
Aliens Among Us
My ancestors arrived in America so long ago that no one remembers their stories
'What They Have'
A Hollywood power couple (Matt Letscher, Marin Hinkle) and their arty, less affluent friends (Kevin Rahm, Nancy Bell),
